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The Bipartisan Policy Center will honor former Senators Baker and Dole for their century of service at an event in Washington, DC. Vice President Biden, Senators Reid, McConnell and others will speak at the event at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium. Speakers at the event will include Vice President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Harry [...]
Join us and talk with Commissioner Cates on Thursday, March 8, 10 a.m. in Room 207, Howard Baker Center for Public Policy. Steven Cates was appointed by Gov. Bill Haslam in 2011 to head the General Services department, which includes real estate asset management, procurement office, motor vehicle management and warehousing and distribution. Hear [...]
Webcast available here Join us on Thursday for the Baker Center Interdisciplinary Group on Energy and Environmental Policy Forum, March 8, 2012, at 3.30 pm in the Toyota Auditorium in the Baker Center. Alex Pfaff, from Duke University will give a 45 minute presentation and then lead a discussion with participants. His talk is titled: [...]
Note: Sen. Howard Baker was president of the University of Tennessee student body from 1948-49. Now our Baker Scholars, Ambassadors and Learning Community students are following in his footsteps. Lisa Dicker, Baker Ambassador (2010 Baker Learning Community) As a student who is highly involved in the Baker Center, I know from personal experience the value [...]
Energy Security and Oil Dependence: Why seven Presidents couldn’t solve this problem and how we can solve it. Join the Baker Center’s Energy and Environment Group on Feb. 24 @ 11:30 a.m – 1:00 pm for this Brown Bag Lunch talk with Dr. David Greene. We will gather in the Toyota Auditorium, so grab your lunch and [...]
The Baker Center is looking for research proposals focused on the areas of energy, environmental, or global security policy, or Baker Studies (including governance, leadership and archival inquiries). Complete information can be found here Baker RFP Some examples of potentially- fundable projects include: laboratory/field experiments, data acquisition and analysis, and general theoretical or empirical [...]
Alex Pfaff, Associate Professor, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, will present a talk as part of the Howard Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy Interdisciplinary Discussion Forum for Energy and the Environment. Join us on Thursday, March 8, 3:30 – 5 p.m. in the Toyota Auditorium. Free and open to the public. The link for viewing this [...]
Maxine Burkett, will appear via SKYPE, as part of the Howard Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy Interdisciplinary Discussion Forum for Energy and the Environment. Dr. Burkett, Associate Professor of Law, at the University of Hawaii, is also Director of the Center for Island Climate Adaptation and Policy. Join us on Thursday, Feb. 23, 3:30 – 5 p.m. [...]
Applications are available for incoming freshman, rising sophomores, juniors and seniors. Take a look at the different programs available by clicking on the STUDENT ENGAGEMENT tab to review each of the opportunities: Baker Scholars, Baker Ambassadors and the Baker Center Living and Learning Community.
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) is creating a short documentary on two of their founders, Sen. Bob Dole and our own, Sen. Howard Baker. The premier of that film will be held in Washington in March, and will be made available for viewing at the Baker Center after the event. Founded in 2007 by former [...]